Leclair studied in both France and Italy and learnt violin from Giovanni Battista Somis who was a pupil of Arcangelo Corelli. Leclair’s model for composing sonatas was the Italian sonata. He combined Italian virtuosic playing and the beauty of French music and modified the Corelli’s style that suited French taste. Leclair brought the French baroque concerto. Before him, French composers did not begin to write concertos. Although he used Italian music as model, his concertos contain more virtuosic passages then those of Locatelli, who was Italian contemporary composer. Leclair was named as “French Corelli” in his time.
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